Rail-joint.



J. K. @L B. W. n; GORRELL.

RAIL JOINT,

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 23. 1909.

JOSEPH K. GORRELL AND BENAMIN D. GORE/ELL, 0F NEWPQTtT, TENNEEEEM RAILJQINT.

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Application filed .lune 23, 1909. Serialy No. 503,951.

To all 'whom itmoy concern:

Be it known that we, J osnrn: K. GORRELL and BENJAMI W. D. GonnnLL, citizens of the United States, residing at Newport, in the county of Cooke and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Tmprovements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to railway appliances, and has articular reference to an improved forrn o rail'joint possessing peculiar characteristics of' simplicity and advantage of application and effectiveness.

For a full understanding of' the invention, including its characteristic advantages, reference is to be had to the following detail description and to the accompanying drawings,

- in which- Figure 1 is a diagrammatic plan View of a rail Joint, showing-its relation to a series of cross ties; Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of a joint showing the parts in` assenibled position before being tightened; Fig. 3 is a View corresponding to Fig. 2 but with the parts set; Fig. l is a view corresponding to Fig. 3, but of a slightly modified construction, thev principle .of construction and advantage remaining the same.

Throughout the following detail description and on the several figures of' the drawings similar parts are referred to by like reference characters.

Referring to the drawings particularly, the invention comprises a bed plate or chair 10 of suflicient length to rest firmly upon a plurality of cross ties l1, whereby the joint- 1s rendered very secure with respect to v rtif cal vibration. The chair l0 is 'of consi e'r-' ably greater width than the base flange 12 of the rail 13 which is received thereupon. Along each edge of the chair is an ofi'sta ding and nwardlt turned hoolcshaped flange 14. The inner 'ace of' said flange is spalzed 'sufficiently far from the outer edge of the base flange to receive an outwardly `and downwardly turned flange 15 of the fish plate 16 as indicated in the drawings. The fish plates are preferably angular, havin an upwardly projecting flange 16 adaptet to.

snugly embrace the web of the rail and a.

horizontally projecting flange 16, the aforesaid flange or hook being an extension of the latter flange 16". The flange 16 is adapted to have a slightly rollin Contact with the base flange l2 of the rai as indicated at the point a. ln Figs. 2 and 3 said rolling effect is produced by a rounded upperI surface of' the rail flange cooperating with the flatter lower surface of the flange 1Gb. ln Fig. 4 the base flange is shown ,as being substantially plane and coperating with a rounded lower surface of the fish plate as indicated at a. The same effect may be produced by making both of Said contacting surfaces slightly rounded, cornbinidng the features of Figs. 2 and d if desire lVith the peculiar construction herein ini dicated thefsh plate when finally set by operation of `Jthe usual clamping Abolts 1'? will have two principal points of Contact, namely at point a on the rail base flange and bili at'the point b on the chair flange 14. The

fish plates are designed to be so constructed that said points of contact a and b will be effective before the flange 16a becomes seated against the web of the rail and that the clamping effect of the bolt 17' will sli htly bend or distort the fish plates sufficient y to bring the flange 16a home against the web and whereby a peculiar advantageous gripping effect is produced between the base flange 12 and the chair flange. The upper hill edge of' the flan e 16 preferably fits snugly y below the rail ead in the usual manner. The chair 10 is designed to be held in place upon the cross ties 11 by the usual spikes 19. Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

The hereindescribed rail joint comprising a chair, a pair of meeting rail ends received u on said chain, said chair having at e :h

hoolcshaped flange spaced laterally from the edgeuof the rail flange, a fish plate having an upwardly extending flange coperating with'thc rail web, 'a laterali extending flange cooperating with the rai base-flange, said outwardly extendin harige having a rolling Contact with sai baseflange and terminating in a downwardly extending flange lying within the space between the liti e ge anrhpwardly and inwardly curled.A`

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ril `base flange and `the' chair angelsaid n testimony whereofwe affix our signa- V laterally extending flange having a point tures in presence of two Witnesses.

Contact with the under face only of said Y -v chair ngehook and means to clamp the JOSEPH K' GORRELL' 5 upwandlyextendixlg fish plate flange against BENJ' W D' GORRELL' the rgilweb and seurely lock the sh plate Witnesses:

mal sald two points of contact with the base W. O. Mms,

and hair flanges, substantially' as set forth. OSCAR ONEIL. 

